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NIGCOMSAT 1R
NIGCOMSAT 1R is a large communications satellite from Nigeria, operated by Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited. It was launched in 2011 from China into GEO, built by China Great Wall Industry Corporation (China), at a recorded cost of $340,000,000. It is currently active in orbit.
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Key facts
Recorded in the Past Satellite Database Registry.
- Country
Nigeria- Mission
- Communications
- Launch year
- 2011
- Launch country
- China
- Orbit
- GEO
- Class
- Large
- Mass
- 5,150 kg
- Operator
- Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited
- Prime contractor
- China Great Wall Industry Corporation
- Manufacture country
- China
- Built by
- Foreign Engineers
- Funding source
- Insurance
- Cost
- $340,000,000
- Status
- Active
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